Top 465 Acts Quotes

While the 1963 Birmingham church bombing is the most historic, there also was a series of church burnings in the 1990s. Recognition of the terror those and similar acts impose on communities seems to have been forgotten post-Sept. 11, 2001.

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.

ABC had all these schlocky, bubblegum acts, and we had to come up with suitable material for them. In which we were amazingly unsuccessful.

After engaging in acts of war against another nation, there exists a degree of uncertainty in terms of the enemy’s reactions. War inspires an unpredictable psychology and evokes strong emotions that defy systems analysis quantification.

The military code of justice sets out exactly what type of charges are available for specific acts.

If you look at the Karamazov Brothers on TV, they’re really small and the heart is taken out of their act. That’s true for most variety acts. I’m an exception. When the camera comes in close and looks at those soap bubbles, you can really see what bubbles do.

A key purpose of journalism is to provide an adversarial check on those who wield the greatest power by shining a light on what they do in the dark, and informing the public about those acts.

Art indeed is a term referring to the social source and to the social utility of creative acts.

The guy who started on third base and gets home and acts like he hit a homer – that guy doesn’t impress me.

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.

I grew up in Iowa, so we had Cheap Trick come through a lot, but some of the other acts were a little harder to find.

We feel on social media that we can speak to each other in a certain way. In politics we treat each other as enemies instead of collaborators. This hate has extended to these horrible and hateful acts.

American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.

I don’t doubt that there are many presidential acts that would constitute obstructions of justice if anyone but the president engaged in them but which constitute legitimate exercises of presidential power when the president engages in them.

We seriously suspect the agents of the Americans and Israelis in conducting such horrendous terrorist acts and cannot believe the people who kidnap Philippines nationals, for instance, or behead U.S. nationals are Muslims.

My biggest concern about the market is the force that acts to drive down price, because I think that’s destructive to authors as well as publishers. Our biggest battle is to underline the value of intellectual property.

The way I look at it, I’m a guy who acts to live.

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.

I always wanted to be known as an actor who sings and not a singer who acts.

I’m not satisfied with the term ‘evil.’ We’ve inherited this word… and we use it to express our abhorrence when people do awful things, usually acts of cruelty, but I don’t think it’s anything more than another word for doing something bad.

It is but too common, of late, to condemn the acts of our predecessors and to pronounce them unjust, unwise, or unpatriotic from not adverting to the circumstances under which they acted. Thus, to judge is to do great injustice to the wise and patriotic men who preceded us.

Everybody acts like they’re in a movie in most movies. That’s why they stink.

Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she must be set free.

If it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it’s a terrorist, right?

It’s nice to watch great acts perform their material. But I can’t say that it tweaks any desire within.

Robert DeNiro, who may be the greatest living actor, usually acts in a way which is very stone-faced, like Steve McQueen.

I am utterly opposed to all equivocation or obscure expressions in our public acts. We are bound to say plainly what we mean to say. If we mean negotiation and compromise, let us say it distinctly and plainly instead of sending to the President a resolution on which he may put whatever interpretation he pleases.

As the Trump administration takes office – and we see acts of racism, misogyny, homophobia, and other forms of discrimination around the country – ask yourself, ‘What’s important to me? What do I care about? What have I benefitted from that I want to pay forward?’ Then look for ways to spread help and hope.

Modi has misused institutions like the ED, Intelligence Bureau, CBI, RBI and National Statistical Commission for political gains and harassing his political opponents. Modi lost his credibility by all these acts.

It shouldn’t take extreme courage and a willingness to go to prison for decades or even life to blow the whistle on bad government acts done in secret. But it does. And that is an immense problem for democracy, one that all journalists should be united in fighting.

Freedom of religion requires not only freeing religion from undue government regulation and interference. It also requires freeing religion from discrimination and from vile acts of hatred and persecution.

A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.

Ladies seem very intrigued by a guy who is ultra confident and acts like he doesn’t need you.

In addition to dealing with call spoofing and robocalls with acts like the Robocall Enforcement Enhancement Act, the American people require a larger scale approach.

Let’s empower men and help them take a stand to stop acts of violence against women.

I expect VA’s inspector general and the FBI to work closely together so that we can identify and eliminate the flaws that allowed this leak and prosecute any criminal acts.

Change comes when people are willing to commit acts of peaceful civil disobedience.

Leading from a place of hate only fuels hateful and violent acts across our country.

He is good and wise who always speaks the truth, acts on the dictates of virtue, and tries to make others good and happy.

I’ve always been fascinated by accounts of seemingly ‘normal’ people who have committed horrendous acts of cruelty and violence. You hear it on the news all the time.

Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.

Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call.

As the idealized mother, I might choose Irene Dunne as the mother in ‘I Remember Mama’ who strives and not just cooks and scrubs for her children, but who also acts as her daughter’s literary agent.

I have the utmost respect and ‘aloha’ for black people – who have already suffered so much due to racial discrimination and acts of hatred.

It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill.

I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences.

We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.

Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he’ll get good consequences; if they’re not, he’ll suffer for it.

A just and a brave man acts fearlessly and with explicitness; he does not shun, but court, the scrutiny of mankind; he lives in the face of day, and the whole world confesses the clearness of his spirit and the rectitude of his conduct.

He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.

He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

The NHS is one of the most humanitarian acts that has ever been undertaken in peace time.

We tend to think that people are more to blame for their acts than for their omissions.

Look at ‘Marienbad’ honestly. What is it? It is just another talking radio show with pictures. Nobody acts. People stand around while the author talks about the woodwork.

Sadly, as a seasoned prosecutor, I know what dark acts people are capable of.

Real silencing occurs when a conservative tries to speak at a liberal university like Berkeley, and the party of anger and violence acts on their hatred when a police department says we can’t protect a Republican speaker.

Despite being the greatest, Messi is an ordinary guy. He speaks like a normal guy, he acts like a normal guy. As a normal person, he has family, day-to-day problems in his life, friends and family, the usual.